How long is your rack?

Tue Aug 16 07:33:12 UTC 2011

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Irvine [mailto:sparctacus at gmail.com]
> Sent: 15 August 2011 17:42
> To: Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Re: How long is your rack?
> 
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
> <lyndon at orthanc.ca> wrote:
> > I hope someone will explain the operational relevance
> > of this ...
> >
> > Sun V100         FreeBSD firewall/border gateway
> > Sun V100         Plan 9 kernel porting test bed
> > Sun V100         OpenBSD build/test/port box
> > Intel 8-core     Solaris fileserver and zones host
> > AMDx4            Random OS workstation crash box
> > Epia-EK          Plan 9 terminal
> > MacBook x        Snow Leopard build/test host
> > Intel-mumble-ITX Win2K8.2 development host
> > Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 File server
> > Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 CPU/Auth server
> > Sun V100         Oracle (blech) new-Solaris test/porting box
> > Sun V100         crashbox for *BSD firewall failover tests
> > Sun V100         *BSD ham radio stuff, plus Plan9 terminal
> >                 kernal testing.
> 
> OK, you've piqued my interest.  What use have you found for Plan 9?
> 

How do you guys find time for all this? I used to have a couple of racks of boxes in the basement, then I got married, had three kids and started a Theology PhD program.. Now anything I do at home is purely practical.

I took on some ideas for backup though, so I am sorting out a backblaze account and using Randy's fantastic sync thing that he mentioned. I really do not want 18 months of research to vanish.

--
Leigh Porter

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